Asp ODBC not holding password

[Michael Dinowitz]

This is an IIS 6/ASP thing. I've got an ODBC datasource set up and an open command opening up the connection. I've set the username/password for the SQL database in the ODBC, but when I call it the code acts like the username/password was never set.

This code works:
Set Conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.open "affiliate", "username", "password"

This code does not

Set Conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.open "affiliate"

Is there something missing to 'force' the username/password to be stored in the ODBC so that I don't have to have it in code? It should be simple but for some reason is not being kind to me.
Thanks



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[Frank Mamone]

The way I understand it is that the username/password in the ODBC is
used only to test the config. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

You can use a DSNless connection with ASP.NET and use a trusted
connection to avoid the password in your code. This of course raises
other security concerns.

- Frank


On 5/31/05, Michael Dinowitz <mdinowit@...> wrote:

> This is an IIS 6/ASP thing. I've got an ODBC datasource set up and an open command opening up the connection. I've set the username/password for the SQL database in the ODBC, but when I call it the code acts like the username/password was never set.
>
> This code works:
> Set Conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
> conn.open "affiliate", "username", "password"
>
> This code does not
>
> Set Conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
> conn.open "affiliate"
>
> Is there something missing to 'force' the username/password to be stored in the ODBC so that I don't have to have it in code? It should be simple but for some reason is not being kind to me.
> Thanks
>
>
>
>

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